Explanation is the Death of Horror

The Exorcist (1971) by William Peter Blatty: The best-seller that spawned a movie mega-hit (adjusting for inflation, its domestic box off...

The Final Girls (2015): written by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller; directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson; starring Taissa Farmiga (Max Ca...

The Exorcism of Emily Rose : written by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson; directed by Scott Derrickson; starring Laura Linney (Er...

The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell (1962): Published nine years before William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist became a best-seller, ...

Deliver Us from Evil : 'inspired' and adapted from the book by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool by Scott Derrickson and Pau...

Horns by Joe Hill (2010): Ignatius "Ig" Perrish wakes up from an alcohol-fueled black-out to discover that horns have sprouted on...

Exorcist II: The Heretic , based on The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, written by William Goodhart, John Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg, st...

Hellblazer: Pandemonium , written by Jamie Delano, illustrated by Jock (2010): Delano returns to John Constantine (Hellblazer), the British ...